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A FREE health workshop called "Our Pathways to Health” has upcoming start dates in June and July, which will be held in Eureka, Arcata, Willow Creek and Crescent City. These workshops are designed to help individuals with long term health conditions gain tools to manage their symptoms, learn to partner with their provider, and...

DEL NORTE COUNTY- The Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office says 38-year-old Daniel Gomez of Crescent City drowned in the Smith River Tuesday afternoon, near Ruby Van Deventer County Park on North Bank Road. Authorities say early reports suggested Gomez drowned while attempting to help a juvenile in distress, but deputies say they have not confirmed exactly how the drowning occurred.

On 06-24-2014, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Deputies assisted by the Humboldt County Drug Task Force, served a Humboldt County Superior Court Search Warrant on a residence in the 42000 block of Highway 36, Dinsmore. When deputies arrived they located and detained four people. They were...

Humboldt Bay Fire was called to the 600 block of 6th Street in Eureka for two adjacent dumpster fires. They were extinguished quickly and there were no injuries or damage done to nearby buildings. The area was checked but no witness or suspects were located.

McKinleyville - Two 18 year-old men from McKinleyville were arrested after one flicked a lighted cigarette at a passing Sheriff’s Deputy.

Jacques Kincaid Leroux and Riley Kia Clark Walkner were walking with friends near the 1400 block of Hiller road in McKinleyville when the deputy stopped and questioned Leroux who said flicking the cigarette was an accident. The deputy could tell...

EUREKA- The City of Eureka 2014/2015 budget was approved at a special meeting at city hall on Tuesday night.When council presented the updated proposed budget to city departments about two weeks ago, there was 10 percent less funding than the original proposed budget for each department, including to the Eureka Police Department and Humboldt Bay Fire. This is something community members who...

KNEELAND- The Humboldt County Sheriff's Department has arrested one parolee for allegedly growing hundreds of marijuana plants on someone else's land in Kneeland.

According to the department, caretakers of Carrington Ranch in Kneeland contacted law enforcement about the grow on their lands. On Monday, deputies hiked 40 minutes into the property and located 834 growing marijuana plants...